Yes, you can use any consumer graphics card in the Precision 3640.
Make sure that the card will physically fit into the tower. You may need to remove the "PCIE holder" to make room for non-standard size consumer cards. Check that you have a large enough power supply for the GPU. The PSU is a standard ATX design with all of the normal plugs, so an upgrade would be easy.
Could you use 2060 super or 2070 super with ubuntu linux? I contacted dell sales, and they told me that they are not able to select ubuntu linux and rtx 2060 super card together and ubuntu does not support super cards.
The question is not if the 3640's motherboard etc can make use of an RTX as it almost certainly will. The questions are more a) will some other GPU card fit inside and b) does the 3640's PSU have the power or connections needed to drive the GPU that you want.
I'm running an RTX 3070 in an Dell 3620 (so yes all games on ultra etc if that is what you are really interested in) but a) it is the Founder's Edition which seems to be smaller than lots of other RTX cards and b) I did get rid of the stock 3620's PSU and replaced it with a semi-modular 750w PSU.
Also are you looking to buy a 3640 for certified/professional use? Because if all you really want is a desktop/gaming PC there will be cheaper alternatives than a Precision.
But if you want pro machine and an RTX for faster rendering or GPU computing, I note that Dell sell the Quadro RTX 4000 at what seems a pretty good price. 8 pin and not that power-greedy.
The RTX 4000 is similar to a Geforce RTX 2060 or 2070 as far as I can tell so if you need a professional GPU that does not cost silly money but want a Turing RTX then that might be the way to go. You will be able to game on the RTX 4000 in term of the GPU being meaty enough. But it might run very hot being a single slot and single fan card.
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September 28th, 2020 23:00
Yes, you can use any consumer graphics card in the Precision 3640.
Make sure that the card will physically fit into the tower. You may need to remove the "PCIE holder" to make room for non-standard size consumer cards. Check that you have a large enough power supply for the GPU. The PSU is a standard ATX design with all of the normal plugs, so an upgrade would be easy.
antoniokim
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September 29th, 2020 00:00
Thank you.
¿Then can I be sure that the workstation 3640 will take advantage of Nvidia GeForce's RTX capabilities?
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November 18th, 2020 21:00
Could you use 2060 super or 2070 super with ubuntu linux? I contacted dell sales, and they told me that they are not able to select ubuntu linux and rtx 2060 super card together and ubuntu does not support super cards.
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The question is not if the 3640's motherboard etc can make use of an RTX as it almost certainly will. The questions are more a) will some other GPU card fit inside and b) does the 3640's PSU have the power or connections needed to drive the GPU that you want.
I'm running an RTX 3070 in an Dell 3620 (so yes all games on ultra etc if that is what you are really interested in) but a) it is the Founder's Edition which seems to be smaller than lots of other RTX cards and b) I did get rid of the stock 3620's PSU and replaced it with a semi-modular 750w PSU.
Also are you looking to buy a 3640 for certified/professional use? Because if all you really want is a desktop/gaming PC there will be cheaper alternatives than a Precision.
But if you want pro machine and an RTX for faster rendering or GPU computing, I note that Dell sell the Quadro RTX 4000 at what seems a pretty good price. 8 pin and not that power-greedy.
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000 8GB, 3x DP + 1x Virtual Link, RT Cores, Tensor Cores, (Precision) | Dell UK
The RTX 4000 is similar to a Geforce RTX 2060 or 2070 as far as I can tell so if you need a professional GPU that does not cost silly money but want a Turing RTX then that might be the way to go. You will be able to game on the RTX 4000 in term of the GPU being meaty enough. But it might run very hot being a single slot and single fan card.